diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
index 17cb23292..9863251e2 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
@@ -692,8 +692,8 @@ sub downloadrulesfile {
 	}
 
 	if ($peer) {
-		system("wget -r --proxy=on --proxy-user=$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'} --proxy-passwd=$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'} -e http_proxy=http://$peer:$peerport/ -o /var/tmp/log --no-check-certificate --output-document=/var/tmp/snortrules.tar.gz $url");
+		system("wget -r --proxy=on --proxy-user=$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_USER'} --proxy-passwd=$proxysettings{'UPSTREAM_PASSWORD'} -e http_proxy=http://$peer:$peerport/ -o /var/tmp/log --output-document=/var/tmp/snortrules.tar.gz $url");
 	} else {
-		system("wget -r --no-check-certificate -o /var/tmp/log --output-document=/var/tmp/snortrules.tar.gz $url");
+		system("wget -r -o /var/tmp/log --output-document=/var/tmp/snortrules.tar.gz $url");
 	}
 }